Located not too far from the Sunwapta falls, Athabasca falls is a popular waterfall on the icefields parkway. At just half a mile round trip to the falls, it is great for a quick visit. Continuing upstream from the falls may give you a chance to separate from the crowds while seeing magnificent views of Mt Geraldine and surrounding peaks. There is also an area that lets you check out the slot canyon downstream, but it was still closed when I went there on May 4th. The falls itself was decent, but the whole area would be great for a picnic, which could pretty much be said for any stop along the parkway.

Athabasca falls rushing with Mount Kerkeslin in the background. The jagged nature of the rock here is because it is made of hard gog quartzite being sheared off as opposed to more smoothly eroded.

The top of Athabasca falls. While the other side is gated off, this has pretty easy access.

The slot canyon being formed downstream of Athabasca falls.

Lumix G9, Panasonic Leica Vario-Elmarit 12-60mm f/2.8-4

There’s no content here, just some real nice framing practice.

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Sunwapta Falls Easy two mile out and back trail located along the icefields parkway south of Jasper. The main falls are located at the beginning of the hike and the trail follows along the river downstream, revealing several more waterfalls as you go. River access can be had at the end of the trail as it leaves the canyon. The upper area gets a ton of usage, as does the second falls which are fairly close by and have a good viewing area. Thins out a little beyond that, but its a short hike so stays fairly busy.

The second falls (not including the big chute that comes out from the upper falls). Drops around 15 ft before going into another chute.

The outflow from the uppermost waterfall rushing under the bridge above. Over time it has carved a curving path into the rock on the side with this viewpoint.

Looking downstream from this large waterfall just off the trail. When hiking, you will be afforded other angles of the falls as you continue the trail. The Catacombs Mountains can be seen in the distance.

Photographer @Grothorious@lemmy.world

Original text below by @versiqcontent@moist.catsweat.com

Lately I have been reflecting on how powerful old photos can become when they are carefully brought back to life. Not because of any specific image, but because of the strange feeling they create. You scan an old photo, adjust a few things, and suddenly it feels like the person is right there, alive and present.

It makes you pause. This is not just an old picture. This is memory coming back with full force.

I found a short article that expresses this feeling really well. It talks about how youth in vintage photos can feel unexpectedly modern and how that changes the way we look at the past.

Curious if anyone else here has felt something similar while working with old family pictures or film.

Berg Lake trail to Whitehorn campground The next chunk of the Berg lake trail goes from Kinney Lake up to Whitehorn campground. Situated in the valley of a thousand waterfalls, it is hard not to be awed by the surroundings. Trail closed at the CG on 5/2/25, it is now open again. Would love to do the entire thing. While up here, I managed to see some avalanche blasting, which can be seen on the videos post, link is also Here. Put it on the video post as well, but anyone know any peertube instance i can upload to? I’d be happy to switch, although I may also post videos to youtube for greater accessibility.

Extra photos include two views of the surrounding mountains, one with the avalanche still flowing and the other looking up towards mt Robson.

Photographer @balsoft@lemmy.ml

Since today is my first cake day, I've decided it's time to post instead of commenting. This is a picture I took last month on my phone through binoculars. Taken from Gomismta, the mountains you see are the Main Caucasian Ridge.

Located in Mount Robson park, this moderate hike is an ~8mile out and back trail at the amazing campground on the far shore of the stunning blue lake. Hiking this is a must do if you are traveling in the area. Is part of the larger berg lake trail. I continued on to whitehorse campground before it was closed due to avalanche blasting (i’ll post the video). Tomorrow I’ll post the trail from beyond just kinney lake trail, which i think is how I will break up trails that continue past.

When I hiked this on May 2nd, the melting runoff caused a temporary creek to flow into the lake, bringing with it large amounts of silt. The plume could be seen from across the lake and I thought it was just the coolest thing.

Extra photos are reflective lake surface with whitehorn mountain in the back ground, a view of the plume from up close, and the weird shoreline that gets built up on the outflow side. Shows how deep it gets so fast.

That golden hour and silhouette photography feels like a cheat code for amazing pics.

I manually dropped my white balance as low as it would go, and framed the moon.

Thanks for seeing this blue moon (once)!

Lumix GX80, Panasonic Leica Vario-Elmarit 12-60, f/2.8-4 Bremen, Schnorr-Viertel

Cranberry Marsh trail in Valemount BC is an easy loop around the wetland with two lookout towers for better viewing opportunities. Most notable for its seasonal waterfowl, May 1st was still too early and also left part of the trail submerged. Dust throughout the valley made the surrounding mountains look lake mirages when the wind kicked up. Extra photos are views of the surrounding mountain ranges and pissibly a boardwalk with the marshes before they got going in the forefront, as well as an American coot scooting past and a Canadian Goose with its head down.

At this point I was maybe an hour west of Jasper, but I went west for a bit. Good recreation sites to the west that offer free camping. I’m sticking to hikes for the daily posts, but I’ll maybe post some of the other stuff on a different community at some point.

Lumix GX80, Panasonic Leica Vario-Elmarit 12-60 f/2.8-4 Bremen, Übersee-Museum

Helmcken Falls, the tallest (463 ft) waterfall at Wells Gray park. The main viewpoint requires no hiking, while the route behind is an easy 5 mi round trip that starts at a nearby parking area. Known for its large snow cone, by 4/25 there was only enough left to block my view from behind. Kinda had bad timing for this overall, both too soon and too late and then I hit it with the sun both blazing and shadowed in the canyon.

Extra photos include a view of the snowpack behind obscuring the falls but maintaining the view out over the valley, a shot just upstream of the falls with a rainbow in the mist (would’ve been cool over the falls, not bitter at all haha) and a little tighter shot of the falls.

That’s the end of my time at Wells Gray, Spahats was under renovation still and the rest of the park was still closed for winter.

So caveat here, last time I shot fully manual was about 30 years ago. You couldn't change your ISO on the fly, you picked out a roll and that was that.

Now here I am shooting digital and what is wrong with the lowest ISO setting? Searching around I feel like I'm the only one with this issue. ISO 160 sucks the saturation out and tries to push the image towards black and white with high contrast, it feels like. If I tap it up and readjust everything, even just to 200-400, the problem goes away. Any thoughts? Busted lens? Some setting buried in the massive list? Any help appreciated... seems a shame not to shoot at 160 when I've got plenty of light (or is this old B&W film mindset?)

Fujifilm X-T4 BTW.

Edited to show what I mean better: not identical pictures but from the same day, of the same tree.

Dawson Falls, next of the three large waterfalls that were accessible when I passed through wells gray park in mid-April. The hike is all reward, low effort as you walk the short distance from the downstream viewpoint to beside its base. Highwater may put falls in upper viewpoint. Additional photos show two side views, one looking over the lip and the other looking alongside it from the upper viewpoint, and a third photo that is instead a vertical shot of the falls from downstream.

Shot on 4 July. Didn’t really see many fireworks. Saw this instead, liked it better.

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Moul Falls. Easy hike at the beginning of #WellsGray park. Drops 115 ft straight down, while you’ll have to take the stairs. You can hike behind the waterfall as well, but it was still landslidey when I was there. Hiked 4/3/25. Canon r8 w 24-50mm. Additional pictures show the stairways, a view from the top with some stairs in view on the left and the creek flowing out from the falls on the right, and an unnamed waterfall you’ll pass on the trail.

"Do not bury my photos. Let them scream for me, tell my story, expose all I have seen and all I could not save.”

– Fatima

This short but steep trail twists and turns as you climb the many stairs to reach the top. Included photos show two more views of all the ups and downs through the forests, and one cluster of trilliums in pink and white. Hiked April 16 2025.

The Bridge of the Gods. That’s what it’s called, apparently. It’s a big giant bridge up close. I employed my usual framing style of getting geography to line up in interesting ways.

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Some photos of the northern lights as seen the other day. They were really going strong for a while there around 1am MT. Brief description for photos in body: Wide angle views of the borthern lights, the beams were strongly visible in the purple areas and when it was really going would flare up in the yellow. The yellow lower sections were boiling at times as they waved around. If the alt text doesn’t come through I have ‘do a barrel roll’ for one of the loops of the underside.

All photos taken on a canon r8, using either a rokinon 14mm or a canon 24-50mm.

I think this is my personal favorite for new work, not withstanding that’s my wife out there.

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